10/11/10 - Stade's Pumpkin Farm

For the past seven or so Columbus Days, we have always visited Apple Hollar, a local apple/pumpkin farm, but this year we were looking to try a new location: Stade's (which I am told by the locals is pronounced Stod-e's)Farm and Market. It was AWESOME and we highly recommend in for anyone in the area!!

There is no admission charge and no parking fee. Most activities require tickets but the boys got wristbands ($15 each) which gave them unlimited access to everything (except a ride on Frank the combine). And there was tons of stuff to do.

A just the right size for the boys hay bail maze. They loved climbing and jumping on the bales of hay more than actually going through the maze:
One of the most popular activities, a giant sensory box of corn kernels. Here we are burying Ryan:
and Sami:
and John:
and Maddy:
Then it was on to the two GIANT slides:



And defiantly the boys' favorite, the pedal cars (they rode them four times!). John and Maddy:
Ryan had no problem with the pedals which is pretty impressive seeing as how the car is about as big as he is:
John gives a wave:
Maddy cruises along:
And Sami takes a few spins as well (with Ryan in the background):
Thank you Gramma for lunch!
We timed lunch so that we would be right across from the Pumpkin Launcher, which launches every hour on the hour (and was my favorite part!):
Note the two orange dots in the upper right hand corner of the picture - those are pumpkins hurling through the air!! they would also lower the arm of the launcher and launch pumpkins at an old car - it was great!!
The hay ride to the pumpkin patch was free and any pumpkin picked out was only five dollars, as part of their Pumpkin Stimulus Package - ha! ha! Gramma got the boys each pumpkin and there were literally thousands to choose from!
John looks for just the right one:
Aren't they just too cute!

Back for more pedal cars:
Sam did this with corn kernels as we were waiting our turn in the moon bounce:
The barrel ride:

It was a SUPER day and we look forward to going back again next year!!

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